At present, the status of merchants in the Qin Dynasty is extremely low. This situation has lasted for more than a hundred years in the Qin Dynasty. From the court to the deep-rooted people, all believe that merchants are lowly people and are not worthy of respect and reuse.

But if Daqin wants to be strong, it will never work without a strong business foundation.

Whether it is industry and agriculture or conquering the world in the future, it is not enough to rely on the army alone. The ending of military force and military force is only a dead end. No matter how powerful Qin Shihuang is, he will never be able to support the continuous battles with a group of farmers who are about to starve to death. That way, it is impossible to conquer the earth, conquer Asia, because the next door, the Mauryan Dynasty and the Anxi Empire are not vegetarians, but two empires that are dozens of times stronger than the Huns and are not as powerful as the Qin. Now, the Qin Dynasty is still unable to catch even the Huns.

The Huns are still in a mess now, and it is just the right time to deal with it. Once the Maodun Shanyu killed the Donghu and Yuezhi and unified the northwest and established a huge Hun Empire, then the Qin Dynasty would be like the Han Dynasty, and internal and external troubles would be in a stalemate.

The so-called "first move" is the best, so this is why Chen Xu tried hard to make Qin Shihuang fight against the Huns first.

No matter how you fight, Daqin needs to change the domestic discrimination policy against merchants, change the cruel exploitation and oppression of farmers, reduce corvee and taxes, and allow commerce and agriculture to develop in a coordinated manner as soon as possible. Then, through scientific and technological promotion, establish a preliminary industrial system, use steel, coal and cement as the pillar industries, have various cheap and durable agricultural tools, wide and smooth roads, and larger and more solid vehicles, the entire Daqin will develop rapidly, so that it can support the huge army to fight everywhere, grab slaves and feed back the industry to accelerate construction, grab cattle, sheep and horses to expand agriculture and transportation. The Western countries in later generations all relied on robbery to make a fortune, and the Daqin, which has not been polluted by the distorted Confucian theory, is more accustomed to this barbaric advanced method.

"Your Majesty, as long as the merchants can be valued, everything in the world can be put into business!" Chen Xu was in a relaxed mood.

"Everything in the world can be put into business?" Qin Shihuang's face was quite serious.

"Not bad! But what I want to talk about today is the issue of three rules. Regarding more business matters, I will explain it in detail when Your Majesty has time."

"Okay, what is the third treaty law?" Qin Shihuang nodded and asked.

"The third article I have already said just now, that is, to pay the prisoners captured in Henan, cattle, sheep, horses, fur and other items to the merchants at a discount!" Chen Xu said.

"It is not impossible to compensate merchants with slaves and seized goods, but it is extremely difficult to drive them back from Henan. Hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep, horses, and fur goods may also have to use tens of thousands of people's power!" A minister nodded and said.

"No, I have already said just now that everything in the world can be put into business. All these things are allowed to be solved by the merchants themselves. We are only responsible for selling them!" Chen Xu shook his head.

"Please tell me in detail by the Hou Qinghe?" Even the left prime minister Li Si couldn't help it.

"When it comes to the expedition, let the merchants accompany you. Every time you conquer a place, you will sell all the materials you get to them, and the price is naturally much lower than that of the Central Plains. Anyway, these things are stolen. For example, the most expensive horse, a good horse in the Central Plains is worth thousands of gold, and the horses of the Xiongnu are even taller than the Central Plains horse breeds. The price of transporting them back to the Central Plains is definitely more than ten thousand gold. But we will compensate each Xiongnu good horse for 3,000 yuan or even lower. Do you think they will rush to ask for it? There are also cattle, sheep, fur, etc., which are also priced at a price lower than the Central Plains. Let them arrange their own hand to transport it back!"

"What if the merchant is unwilling to do?" asked an official.

"No, merchants are the most profit-seeking. In order to make money, even the Xiongnu and Qianghu can go. With such great profits, they will definitely rush to ask for them as the Marquis of Qinghe said." Gao Teng, a Nei Shi of Zhisu, shook his head and said.

"Gao Neisha said it well. If a merchant cannot catch such an opportunity, he will basically not be qualified. At the same time, the merchants will also have the greatest advantage of following the action, that is, they can see with their own eyes how the Iron Cavalry of the Great Qin swept the barbaric Huns. After they come back, they will inevitably spread the news of the battlefield to the entire Great Qin. After they learn it, the people will inevitably be more respectful to His Majesty's martial arts, and at the same time they can also shock those nobles of the Six Kingdoms who have ill intentions. If they want to rebel, they will inevitably be crushed into pieces by His Majesty's Iron Cavalry."

After Chen Xu finished speaking, his eyes swept across the court and continued: "In fact, fighting is both a cost and a profit. It seems that we spent three million stones of money and grain to build tens of thousands of sets of horses and pawns, but the Huns raised more than ten thousand good horses in the entire Henan area. Even if a horse is three thousand coins, ten thousand horses are 30 million coins. The horses alone are converted into food, which is seven million.5 million stones..."

"Wow~" The whole court suddenly became noisy again.

The so-called "not counting" is not known, but I was shocked to calculate it. Henan is the most abundant place in the Great River Basin. It is the largest horse ranch in the Huns. There are more than 10,000 horses, and there are more than 30,000 to 50,000 horses. In addition to good horses, there are also a large number of cattle, sheep, fur and other supplies. Under the stimulation of Chen Xu's words of making money in war, many people couldn't help but estimate it in their hearts. Suddenly, their hearts were stimulated by the huge numbers, and their cheeks were flushed. Many ministers couldn't wait to jump out and shout: "Your Majesty, every word that the Marquis of Qinghe is reasonable. Hurry up to make three rules with the merchants, just wait for the army to set off, which is the day when I make money in the Qin Dynasty!"

"Hahahaha~" Qin Shihuang laughed happily and stood up. He couldn't even care about the solemn and calm emperor's majesty, and his smile was a little crooked. "Qinghe Marquis is indeed worthy of being the best man in the world. If this strategy is successful, I will be named the Grand Tutor on the day of subduing Henan!"

"Your Majesty..." A minister stood up.

"Don't persuade me again. I have prepared the position of the Grand Tutor for the Marquis of Qinghe!" Qin Shihuang's face changed.

"Your Majesty, I am not obstructing Your Majesty's reward. I just want to ask why this strategy will be implemented. I can't wait!" The minister was excited and speechless.

"I can sweep Henan without spending a stone of money and food. I can't wait. The three matters of Qinghe Marquis, creating tens of thousands of sets of horse-drawn equipment and merchants' agreements are all correct. You have discussed detailed rules with Li Xiangfeng and the ministers to submit them to me. The time will naturally be as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Chen Xu and the civil and military officials in the court bowed and agreed.

"Where is the Shaofu Order?" Qin Shihuang sat down with excitement. Today, the court discussion went from anger to joy. His mood was like a roller coaster. During this period, he also stood up and sat down several times. The emotional changes were very different from the previous court discussions.

"I am here!" The young mansion ordered Chang Du to stand up.

"Has the reward for Qinghe Hou been prepared yesterday?"

"Your Majesty, the approval and preparations have been completed. After the court is dispersed, the envoys can be arranged to send to the Qinghe Marquis' Mansion." Chang Du said quickly.

"Another reward is given to Qinghe Hou's fertile land outside the city and a hundred acres of houses. Quickly arrange craftsmen to supervise the construction!" Qin Shihuang said loudly.

All the civil and military officials in the court were silent in an instant, and their faces kept sucking. When will the reward like this end? The Marquis of Qinghe is only fifteen years old now.

"Your Majesty!" Chen Xu couldn't help but speak out quickly, "Your Majesty's generous rewards made me feel frightened and uneasy. It is said that I will not receive any rewards without merit. Now I have too many money, food and goods to me. I..."

"Don't worry, the land and houses outside the city are just to resettle the hundred good horses and slaves rewarded yesterday. Now all the civil and military officials in the court have land and raise horses and slaves outside the city. Naturally, I cannot favor one or the other, only this time!" Qin Shihuang waved his hand and said.

Chen Xu had no choice but to smile bitterly and bow: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

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In the next few days, Chen Xu fell into extreme busyness, accepted the reward and performed his duties as a craftsman at the Zuozhonghou of Shaofu. At the same time, he had to convene a large number of managers from the Academy of Sciences and officials from the Academy of Sciences to prepare for the design of iron-making furnaces, coal furnaces of blacksmith shops, weapons, stirrups, saddles, horseshoes, and various tools. Each of them had to be formulated with strict specifications and standards. Each design was the same, and the craftsman quickly carved out the carvings. Because it involved many drawings and details, it was extremely complicated. In order to cooperate with this large-scale data printing, almost all craftsmen who knew how to carve were summoned to the Academy of Sciences. The resources of wood, ink and paper were constantly pulled into the office of the Academy of Sciences by carriages.

After the matter of the Academy of Sciences was arranged, Chen Xu gave it to Vice President Zhang Cang to take charge. Then he and Li Sifeng Quji and other ministers worked together to deal with the special issues of the three rules.

Because this is a completely different new model. The court does not pay money and grain, only does top-level design, and then runs errands to arrange prisoners. Everything else depends on the merchants themselves to coordinate. How smart the merchants are, after all, they are primitive merchants from two thousand years ago. Therefore, they must be confused when facing this new business model. Therefore, extremely detailed rules and regulations and explanations are needed to provide guidance and requirements. There are too many problems involved during the period and it is too troublesome. It is definitely not something that a department can handle. Moreover, even the two prime ministers who command civil and military officials were confused and had nowhere to start with Chen Xu's method of borrowing chickens to lay eggs at the joint meeting. Therefore, most of them can only be proposed by Chen Xu one by one, organized by the record officer into a constitution, and then deepened and detailed discussions one by one to discuss the most appropriate method to arrange operations.

In order to implement the strategy of laying eggs by borrowing chickens and laying eggs smoothly and quickly, Qin Shihuang also specially asked someone to free up a side hall next to the Chaogong Hall as an office. A group of ministers were busy arguing in and out of the government offices, and officials were constantly circulating in the latest progress and process, almost trampling the threshold of the hall.
Chapter completed!